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The Producers

    Comedy
    Music
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Mar 18, 1968
Rated PG

Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.

Details

  • Directors
  • Budget
    $947,000
  • Vote Average
    7.1
  • Vote Count
    768
  • Popularity
    18
  • Language
    Deutsch
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Zero Mostel
Max Bialystock
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Gene Wilder
Leo Bloom
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Dick Shawn
Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)
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Kenneth Mars
Franz Liebkind
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Estelle Winwood
"Hold Me Touch Me"
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Christopher Hewett
Roger De Bris
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Andréas Voutsinas
Carmen Ghia
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Lee Meredith
Ulla
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Renée Taylor
Eva Braun
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Michael Davis
Production Tenor
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John Zoller
Drama Critic
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Madlyn Cates
Concierge
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Frank Campanella
The Bartender
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Arthur Rubin
Auditioning Hitler
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Zale Kessler
Jason Green
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Bernie Allen
Auditioning Hitler
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Rusty Blitz
Auditioning Hitler
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Anthony Gardell
Auditioning Hitler
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Mary Love
Lady
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Amelie Barleon
Lady
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Nell Harrison
Lady
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Elsie Kirk
Lady
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Anne Ives
Lady
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Barney Martin
Göring
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David Patch
Goebbels
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Diana Eden
Showgirl
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Tucker Smith
Lead Dancer
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David Evans
Lead Dancer
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Josip Elic
Violinist
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Shimen Ruskin
The Landlord
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William Hickey
The Drunk
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Brutus Peck
Hot Dog Vendor
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Mel Brooks
Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited)
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Bill Macy
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
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Linda Gillen
Sax Player (uncredited)
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Robert Paget
Auditioning Hitler (uncredited)

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Reviews

(2)
Jeff_34
100%
**Greatest of all Time - GOAT - Best comedies.** Easily my number one. This film can be rewatched over and over again - always just as hilarious and timeless.
adorablepanic
90%
THE PRODUCERS (1967) - Mel Brooks' first feature film starts with the funniest opening credits sequence I've ever seen - a monetarily motivated rendezvous between a serial Broadway failure and a sexually insatiable octogenarian - and then proceeds to get even more hilarious as it progresses. The fabulous Zero Mostel somehow manages to chew scenery for breakfast, lunch and dinner while never overshadowing any of the other players (whose performances are all also appropriately broad, to be honest). Interestingly, were it not for a little known film by the name of THE GRADUATE (1967) casting while this film was going into production, we would have had Dustin Hoffman as the starry-eyed Nazi playwright. So Dustin went on to fame in another picture; Kenneth Mars ended up with a juicy role in just his second feature film; and Mel got to skewer the Third Reich and win an Academy Award for writing while doing it. Sometimes things just work out.